From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism

Blog for a Leap Year beer!

by
The Editors

Welcome to a special, only-once-in-four-years edition of Fantasy Friday! Every week, you are invited to write and post anything having to do with fantasy, science fiction, etc., right here in the comments: a true tale of geekdom, a bit of a story you’re trying to write, a review of anything from the Spiderwick Chronicles movie to the latest ghost photography you’ve spotted on Flickr. Our optional theme today, of course, is Leap Day! If you’re so inclined, tell us something appropriate, whether it’s a paean to Quantum Leap or a thoughtful discourse on interstitial calendar possibilities. At 5 p.m. PST, if we’ve got at least ten participants, we’ll choose the day’s most entertaining writer and PayPal them $10 on the spot. Go start your weekend off with a cold one on us! And make sure it has lots of hops. (Hops! Get it? Like leaps… ah, never mind.) Minors, make it a root beer.

From the Editor

I wanted to start with the idea of the origin story. Every writer has one, and it’s always interesting to hear how writers of color navigated the choppy waters of reading fantasy early on and then deciding to write it. I remember searching for myself, in that languageless sort of way we do when we’re young and don’t know the larger meaning of our search.